Whenever I’m looking for local news stories in New York, I usually find myself turning to DNAinfo over the metro sections of the larger daily papers. And when I want to know what’s going on in Harlem, where I live, I turn to Jeff Mays, one of DNAinfo’s senior reporters. Over the last few years, Jeff… Continue Reading
In January of last year when I reported on Sean Combs’ investment in AquaHydrate, I briefly mentioned an industry rumor about the mogul’s desire to get into the tequila business. That rumor is a lot closer to reality as news about his partnership with DeLeon Tequila begins to surface. DeLeon Tequila was introduced into the… Continue Reading
Last year, Nilofer Merchant wrote an essay for the Harvard Business Review where she declared that, “sitting is the smoking of our generation.” In that same essay she cited a study that showed that we average at least 9.3 hours of sitting each day in and outside of work, versus the 7.7 hours we spend sleeping, which is slowly… Continue Reading
Tomorrow one of your colleagues is going to excitedly rush up to your desk to tell you about the awesome thing that happened to them during their holiday vacation and you’re going to log onto every social network and see an endless stream of yearend accomplishments and a glowing highlight reel of someone else’s success.… Continue Reading
Marie Claire used to be one of those magazines I would flip through quickly just to make sure I never missed out on a story that might affect one of my clients. But a few years ago, I began to notice a shift in the magazine’s content. It started with the feature stories and eventually… Continue Reading
Earlier this week, Square hosted the final stop of their Let’s Talk event series at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. Let’s Talk, which popped up in cities like New Orleans and Detroit is an open conversation with local small business owners about the challenges and opportunities they face on a daily basis and an opportunity for… Continue Reading
When I met Rachel Hislop, the style editor at Global Grind, earlier this year at a client’s video shoot for the site, she was the epitome of grace under fire. Even though New York Fashion Week had just ended, there were still dozens of other events and presentations to attend and Rachel was scheduled to… Continue Reading
In an earlier post on this blog I wrote: I’ve always considered the relationship between PR professionals and journalists to be similar to an arranged marriage. We’re often brought together by editors and PR firm clients and told to “make it work.” And while there used to be a mutual respect between the two industries, the relationship has gone… Continue Reading
Every year there seems to be a new industry conference to attend and a new professional organization to join. Excited, you start to plan out your calendar for the year, but once you begin to calculate the costs and see how quickly everything adds up, reality sets in and you realize that some of these… Continue Reading
At 32, Detavio Samuels (@Detavio), President of GlobalHue-Detroit, is one of the youngest top executives in advertising. This year alone he’s helped grow GlobalHue’s business with the addition of clients like the NBA, US Bank and United Airlines. Earlier this week he added a Crain’s Detroit Business 40 under 40 honor to his growing list… Continue Reading